Selling the concept of e-learning to management can e one of the biggest obstacles in bringing technology-based learning tools to your organization. But, you can win the hearts and minds of management with the knowledge tools, and confidence presented in this title. Learn the risks and benefits and be prepared to paint a realistic portrait that shows you've left nothing to chance.
Darin Hartley has been working in the training industry for the past 20 years and has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Corporate Training and Training Management. He currently is the Director of Client Development at Intrepid.
He was the Director of the E-Learning Courseware Certification (ECC) Program for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). He managed various teams at Dell Learning during his five years at Dell Computer Corporation. Darin has presented previously at ISPI International, ASTD International, the ASTD Technical Skills Training Conference, and many others on a variety of topics. He has keynoted for national and international learning and training conferences for a variety of organizations.
He has authored articles for T+D, Technical & Skills Training, and WorkForce Magazines. Darin wrote Job Analysis at the Speed of Reality, for HRD Press in 1999 and, On-Demand Learning: Training in the New Millennium in 2000. Darin wrote, Selling E-Learning, in 2001. In 2003, he had a chapter published in The AMA E-Learning Handbook. Darin was on the Editorial Board of T+D Magazine from 2001 - 2006. His fourth book, 10 Steps to Successful Social Networking for Business, was published in April 2010 (ASTD Press).
Darin is on the Board of Directors for the ASTD Certification Institute (2010 - 2012 term).
Prior to Dell, Darin worked for Lockheed Martin, EG&G, General Physics Corporation, and the US Navy as a nuclear power plant operator (eight years).
Specialties
e-Learning; learning strategy; learning consulting; training design; business impact as it relates to learning
